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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Eric Whitacre</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ewcolor_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Ewcolor_cropped.jpg/220px-Ewcolor_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Ewcolor_cropped.jpg/330px-Ewcolor_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Ewcolor_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="439" data-file-height="591" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Whitacre conducting in 2007</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1970-01-02</span>) </span>January 2, 1970<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;54)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Reno,_Nevada" title="Reno, Nevada">Reno, Nevada</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma&#160;mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas" title="University of Nevada, Las Vegas">University of Nevada, Las Vegas</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Juilliard_School" title="Juilliard School">Juilliard School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Composer, conductor, speaker</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style 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style="display:inline-block;">&#8203;</div>&#40;<abbr title="married">m.</abbr>&#160;2019&#41;<wbr />&#8203;</div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1 (with Plitmann) 1 (with Servaes, b. 2020)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ericwhitacre.com/">ericwhitacre.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Eric Edward Whitacre</b> (born January<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2, 1970) is an American composer, conductor, and speaker best known for his choral music. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitacre was born in <a href="/wiki/Reno,_Nevada" title="Reno, Nevada">Reno, Nevada</a>, to Ross and Roxanne Whitacre. He studied piano intermittently as a child and joined a junior high marching band under band leader Jim Burnett. Later Whitacre played a synthesizer in a techno-pop band, dreaming of being a rock star.<sup id="cite_ref-Hyperion_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hyperion-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Composers_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Composers-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although he initially resisted joining choir while attending college, Whitacre was eventually convinced. He described his own experience with his first choral rehearsal as a turning point in his life, saying, "In my entire life I had seen in black and white, and suddenly everything was in shocking Technicolor. It was the most transformative experience I've ever had—in that single moment, hearing dissonance and harmony, and people singing...".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Though he was unable to read music at the time, Whitacre began his full musical training while he was an undergraduate at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas" title="University of Nevada, Las Vegas">University of Nevada, Las Vegas</a>. He eventually earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor&#39;s degree">bachelor's degree</a> in Music Composition.<sup id="cite_ref-Hyperion_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hyperion-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitacre studied composition with Ukrainian composer <a href="/wiki/Virko_Baley" title="Virko Baley">Virko Baley</a> and choral conducting with David B. Weiller, completing his bachelor's degree in 1995. Whitacre credits Weiller with the inspiration that put the young composer on the musical path.<sup id="cite_ref-Composers_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Composers-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At 21, he wrote his setting of "Go, Lovely Rose" for his college choir and presented the composition as a gift to David Weiller. Whitacre went on to earn his master's degree in composition at the <a href="/wiki/Juilliard_School" title="Juilliard School">Juilliard School</a>, where he studied with <a href="/wiki/John_Corigliano" title="John Corigliano">John Corigliano</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Diamond_(composer)" title="David Diamond (composer)">David Diamond</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Composers_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Composers-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the age of 23 he completed his first piece for wind orchestra, "Ghost Train", which has now been recorded more than 40 times. Tom Leslie contributed to his interest in writing for wind ensembles.<sup id="cite_ref-Composers_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Composers-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> While at Juilliard he met his future wife, soprano <a href="/wiki/Hila_Plitmann" title="Hila Plitmann">Hila Plitmann</a>, and two of his closest friends, composers <a href="/wiki/Steven_Bryant_(composer)" title="Steven Bryant (composer)">Steven Bryant</a> and Jonathan Newman. He lived in Nevada until he was 25. He graduated in 1997 and moved to Los Angeles, and then decided to become a full-time professional composer following the success of <i>Ghost Train</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hyperion_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hyperion-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Composers_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Composers-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitacre's first album as both composer and conductor on <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a>, <i>Light<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>&amp; Gold</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> in 2012, and became the No.<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>1 classical album on the US and UK charts within a week of release.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Whitacre's second album, <i>Water Night</i>, was released on Decca in April<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2012 and featured performances from his professional choir the Eric Whitacre Singers, the <a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julian_Lloyd_Webber" title="Julian Lloyd Webber">Julian Lloyd Webber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hila_Plitmann" title="Hila Plitmann">Hila Plitmann</a>. </p><p>Around January 25, 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Whitacre began working with film composer <a href="/wiki/Hans_Zimmer" title="Hans Zimmer">Hans Zimmer</a> on the music for <i><a href="/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_On_Stranger_Tides" title="Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides">Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides</a></i>. Whitacre co-composed the "Mermaid Theme" with Zimmer as well as conducting some of the choral sessions at <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Road_Studios" title="Abbey Road Studios">Abbey Road Studios</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His wife, Hila Plitmann, sang the solo material in the theme, having also invented the language the mermaids were singing in the film, a combination of Latin, Hebrew and, as she says, 'Elvish'. Whitacre enjoyed working with Zimmer, saying that he was a brilliant composer and a generous collaborator.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Whitacre later collaborated with Zimmer for the 2016 film <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_vs_Superman:_Dawn_of_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice">Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice</a></i>. </p><p>Whitacre has written for the <a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Chorus" title="London Symphony Chorus">London Symphony Chorus</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Master_Chorale" title="Los Angeles Master Chorale">Los Angeles Master Chorale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chanticleer_(ensemble)" title="Chanticleer (ensemble)">Chanticleer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julian_Lloyd_Webber" title="Julian Lloyd Webber">Julian Lloyd Webber</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philharmonia_Orchestra" title="Philharmonia Orchestra">Philharmonia Orchestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Tallis_Scholars" title="The Tallis Scholars">the Tallis Scholars</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Singers" title="The King&#39;s Singers">the King's Singers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Winds" title="Dallas Winds">Dallas Winds</a>, the Berlin Rundfunkchor, and the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Orchestra" title="Minnesota Orchestra">Minnesota Orchestra</a>, among others. His work of music theater, <i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Lost:_Shadows_and_Wings" title="Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings">Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Paradise_Lost_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paradise_Lost-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> won the <a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Composers,_Authors_and_Publishers" title="American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers">American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers</a>' Harold Arlen Award and the Richard Rodgers Award, and earned 10 nominations at the Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards. In 2011, he conducted the winning entries of the Abbey Road 80th Anniversary Anthem Competition, recording the London Symphony Orchestra and the Eric Whitacre Singers at Abbey Road Studio<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>1. Whitacre's Soaring Leap initiative is a dynamic one-day workshop where singers, conductors, and composers read, rehearse and perform several of his works.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>From October to December<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2010, Whitacre was a visiting fellow at <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Sussex_College,_Cambridge" title="Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge">Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge</a>, during Michaelmas (Autumn) Term.<sup id="cite_ref-Light-and-Gold_Oct-2010_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Light-and-Gold_Oct-2010-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He composed a piece for the <a href="/wiki/Choir_of_Sidney_Sussex_College,_Cambridge" title="Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge">college choir</a>, and worked with students in masterclasses and workshops. From 2011 to 2016, he was composer in residence at Sidney Sussex College.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Whitacre was appointed artist in residence with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Master_Chorale" title="Los Angeles Master Chorale">Los Angeles Master Chorale</a> from 2016. In July 2017, he co-presented the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Choir_of_the_Year_2017" title="Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017">Eurovision Choir of the Year</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LSM_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSM-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1998 to 2017, Whitacre was married to Israeli singer <a href="/wiki/Hila_Plitmann" title="Hila Plitmann">Hila Plitmann</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They have a son together, Esh Edward (b. 2005). </p><p>Whitacre married Belgian opera singer Laurence Servaes in <a href="/wiki/Maui" title="Maui">Maui</a>, Hawaii, in March 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They have a son together, Julian (b. 2020). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Style">Style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A trademark of Whitacre's pieces is the use of <a href="/wiki/Aleatoricism" title="Aleatoricism">aleatoric</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indeterminacy_(music)" title="Indeterminacy (music)">indeterminate</a> sections, as well as unusual score instructions involving, in some cases, hand actions or props.<sup id="cite_ref-Shrock_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shrock-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His work has been described as "weightless"<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and as the "sort of music <a href="/wiki/Vaughan_Williams" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaughan Williams">Vaughan Williams</a> might have composed in the Cambridge branch of Dunkin' Donuts".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Tommasini" title="Anthony Tommasini">Anthony Tommasini</a> described Whitacre's "Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine" in 2005 as "full of sound effects, portentous harmony and fractured riffs", writing that "the music was rather hokey, like a choral equivalent of a blatant film score."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other critics have described his style as "full of shimmering, shuddering, shifting harmonies that awaken the ear to a contemporary yet accessible voice".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Whitacre's style, similar to <a href="/wiki/Morten_Lauridsen" title="Morten Lauridsen">Morten Lauridsen</a>'s, has also been characterized as "neo-<a href="/wiki/Impressionism_in_music" title="Impressionism in music">impressionistic</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Projects">Projects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virtual_Choir">Virtual Choir</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Virtual Choir"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Virtual Choir" redirects here. For the concept, see <a href="/wiki/Virtual_choir" title="Virtual choir">Virtual choir</a>.</div> <p>Whitacre's Virtual Choir projects were inspired by a video sent to him of a young girl named Britlin Losee<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> from Glen Cove, New York, singing one of his choral pieces.<sup id="cite_ref-YouTube_–_Introduction_to_the_Virtual_Choir_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YouTube_–_Introduction_to_the_Virtual_Choir-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Singers record and upload their videos from locations all over the world. Each one of the videos is then synchronised and combined into one single performance to create the Virtual Choir.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Whitacre began with a test run of <i><a href="/wiki/Sleep_(choral_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleep (choral song)">Sleep</a></i>, then <i><a href="/wiki/Lux_Aurumque" title="Lux Aurumque">Lux Aurumque</a></i> in 2009<sup id="cite_ref-Lux_Aurumque_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lux_Aurumque-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lawrence_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawrence-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and then <i>Sleep</i> again in 2010. Whitacre's Virtual Choir performance of <i>Lux Aurumque</i> has received almost 6.5<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million views (as of July<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2020), featuring 185 singers from 12 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Lux_Aurumque_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lux_Aurumque-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitacre's Virtual Choir<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2.0, "Sleep" was released in April<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2011 and involved more than 2,000 voices from 58 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Virtual Choir 3, <i><a href="/wiki/Water_Night" title="Water Night">Water Night</a></i>, written in 1995, combined 3,746 submissions from 73 countries and was released in April<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2012.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-virtualchoir_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-virtualchoir-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By the entry close date of February<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>1, 2012, 3,746 videos had been uploaded by 2,945 people in 73 countries, singing one or more parts of "Water Night". On April 15, the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the <i><a href="/wiki/RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="RMS Titanic">Titanic</a></i>, the "Water Night" Virtual Choir video was shown in the new <a href="/wiki/Titanic_Belfast" title="Titanic Belfast">Titanic Belfast</a> commemorative building. </p><p>Virtual Choir<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>4, "Fly to Paradise", contains 8,409 videos from 5,905 people from 101 countries. It launched at the Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace/BBC1 on July<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>11, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The virtual World of Color Honor Choir was put together in 2013 by Whitacre and Disney. The song "Glow" was written for the event. The final product included singers from all over the United States, totaling 1,473 singers.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Virtual Youth Choir, in association with UNICEF, launched at the Glasgow <a href="/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games" title="2014 Commonwealth Games">2014 Commonwealth Games</a> opening ceremony. It featured 2,292 singers aged 18 and under from more than 80 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 4, 2018, Whitacre announced that Virtual Choir 5 would be his 2015 piece <i>Deep Field</i>. Other Virtual Choir projects include 'Glow' written for the Winter Dreams holiday show at Disneyland Adventure Park, California. To date, the virtual choirs have registered more than 60 million views.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 2, 2020, during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, Whitacre announced that the sixth iteration of the Virtual Choir would be an original song entitled "Sing Gently". It featured 17,572 singers from 129 countries, including 16 performers using Sign Language. It had its world premiere on YouTube on July 19, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2020, <i>Sing as One</i>, an album of Whitacre's virtual choirs, was released. The album contains recordings of all eight virtual choirs.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deep_Field"><i>Deep Field</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Deep Field"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of the Universe</i> is a <a href="/wiki/4K_resolution" title="4K resolution">4k film</a> for <a href="/wiki/IMAX" title="IMAX">IMAX</a>, cinema, projection in concert with live orchestra and for screenings at arts and science events. It is an audiovisual collaboration between Eric Whitacre, <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Space_Telescope_Science_Institute" title="Space Telescope Science Institute">Space Telescope Science Institute</a>, Music Productions and <a href="/wiki/59_Productions" title="59 Productions">59 Productions</a>. It premiered at <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a> (Florida) in 2018 and has since been at <a href="/wiki/National_Air_and_Space_Museum" title="National Air and Space Museum">Smithsonian Air &amp; Space Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dolby_Theatre" title="Dolby Theatre">Dolby Theatre</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_Science_Festival" title="World Science Festival">World Science Festival</a>, <a href="/wiki/Griffith_Observatory" title="Griffith Observatory">Griffith Observatory</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_Astronomical_Society" title="American Astronomical Society">American Astronomical Society</a> Annual Meeting and in concert halls. The film is part of several <a href="/wiki/STEAM_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="STEAM Education">STEAM education</a> programs in North America, Europe and elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film is inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" title="Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble Space Telescope</a>, and its greatest discovery, the <a href="/wiki/Hubble_Deep_Field" title="Hubble Deep Field">Deep Field</a> image. The soundtrack composed by Whitacre features the Virtual Choir 5, representing 120 countries: more than 8,000 voices aged four to 87, alongside the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Royal Philharmonic Orchestra">Royal Philharmonic Orchestra</a> and Eric Whitacre Singers.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eric_Whitacre_Singers">Eric Whitacre Singers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Eric Whitacre Singers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The choir performs music from the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> through to the current day, including <a href="/wiki/Morten_Lauridsen" title="Morten Lauridsen">Lauridsen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Britten" class="mw-redirect" title="Britten">Britten</a>, and the work of their founder and conductor. The Eric Whitacre Singers made their <a href="/wiki/BBC_Proms" title="BBC Proms">BBC Proms</a> debut in 2012 in a program that included a collaboration with singer/songwriter <a href="/wiki/Imogen_Heap" title="Imogen Heap">Imogen Heap</a>. The choir also sang at the <a href="/wiki/Templeton_Prize" title="Templeton Prize">Templeton Prize Laureate Ceremony</a> for <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a> <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Tutu" title="Desmond Tutu">Desmond Tutu</a> alongside <a href="/wiki/Annie_Lennox" title="Annie Lennox">Annie Lennox</a>, and the London African Gospel Choir. They work regularly with British soul artist <a href="/wiki/Laura_Mvula" title="Laura Mvula">Laura Mvula</a>, and featured at the <a href="/wiki/Apple_Music_Festival" title="Apple Music Festival">iTunes Festival</a>, broadcast to 119 countries, performing with <a href="/wiki/Hans_Zimmer" title="Hans Zimmer">Hans Zimmer</a>, and at an experiential installation for <a href="/wiki/Anya_Hindmarch" title="Anya Hindmarch">Anya Hindmarch</a> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recording_projects">Recording projects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Recording projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitacre's first album with Decca, <i>Light<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>&amp; Gold</i>, was released in October<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2010. This album won the Grammy for Best Choral Performance in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Chorus_America_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chorus_America-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Whitacre's second Decca album, <i>Water Night</i>, was released in April<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2012 in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-blog/help_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blog/help-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2013, Whitacre has been releasing on his own independent label, UNQUIET, established as a joint venture with his managers at Music Productions. Feature releases on UNQUIET include <i>Deep Field</i>, <i>Goodnight Moon</i> and a 10-inch gatefold vinyl featuring Whitacre's choral cover of <a href="/wiki/Trent_Reznor" title="Trent Reznor">Trent Reznor</a>’s "Hurt" and his setting of <a href="/wiki/E._E._Cummings" title="E. E. Cummings">E. E. Cummings</a>' "i carry your heart". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performance_projects">Performance projects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Performance projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_Whitacre_conducts_students.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Eric_Whitacre_conducts_students.jpg/220px-Eric_Whitacre_conducts_students.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Eric_Whitacre_conducts_students.jpg/330px-Eric_Whitacre_conducts_students.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Eric_Whitacre_conducts_students.jpg/440px-Eric_Whitacre_conducts_students.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Whitacre, 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>On October<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>24, 2010, Whitacre conducted an all-American program with the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at the Barbican London in a performance that featured his commission for the <a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Chorus" title="London Symphony Chorus">London Symphony Chorus</a> entitled <i>Songs of Immortality</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In December<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2010, Whitacre conducted the I Vocalisti choir in Hamburg, and was a guest conductor of the Christmas performance of the Berlin Rundfunkchor.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In November<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>2010, Whitacre conducted Côrdydd, a Cardiff-based mixed choir, and friends in a concert of his work at the BBC Hoddinott Hall in the <a href="/wiki/Wales_Millennium_Centre" title="Wales Millennium Centre">Wales Millennium Centre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He continued to develop his work of music theater, <i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Lost:_Shadows_and_Wings" title="Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings">Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings</a></i>. A concert version was given at Carnegie Hall in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTJune_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTJune-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitacre is a founding member of BCM International, a quartet of composers consisting of himself, Steven Bryant, Jonathan Newman, and James Bonney, which aspires to "enrich the wind ensemble repertoire with music unbound by traditional thought or idiomatic cliché."<sup id="cite_ref-bcminternational_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bcminternational-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Whitacre made his BBC Proms debut with a late-night Prom in 2012. In 2015, he returned to the Proms to conduct a program of all-American music with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers, and BBC Chorus.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2015, Whitacre wrote <i>Deep Field</i> for orchestra, chorus, and mobile app; the piece was inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Hubble_Deep_Field" title="Hubble Deep Field">Hubble Deep Field</a> images and audience members play electronica from their smartphone apps.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2014, Whitacre gave a live webcast from the Kennedy Center and subsequently conducted a massed choir of 400 singers on the Mall, Washington D.C., to mark Flag Day and the bicentenary of "The Star-Spangled Banner".<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Sacred_Veil"><i>The Sacred Veil</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: The Sacred Veil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Composed in 2018, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sacred_Veil" title="The Sacred Veil">The Sacred Veil</a></i> is a 12-movement work from Whitacre and poet/lyricist <a href="/wiki/Charles_Anthony_Silvestri" title="Charles Anthony Silvestri">Charles Anthony Silvestri</a>. Silvestri's wife, Julie, died of ovarian cancer at age 36 in 2005, leaving two young children. His texts (written collaboratively with Whitacre) and the score tell a story of courtship, love, loss and the search for solace.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <i>Los Angeles Times</i> described the work as "memorably [celebrating] the precarious beauty of life, offering the welcome consolation of art and a momentary stay against our collective fate."<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The work was premiered at <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Concert_Hall" title="Walt Disney Concert Hall">Walt Disney Concert Hall</a>, Los Angeles, in February 2019,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and recordings released in late August 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whitacre has won awards from the <a href="/wiki/Barlow_Endowment" title="Barlow Endowment">Barlow international composition competition</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Choral_Directors_Association" title="American Choral Directors Association">American Choral Directors Association</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Composers_Forum" title="American Composers Forum">American Composers Forum</a> and in 2001 became the recipient of <a href="/wiki/Brock_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Brock Commission">The Raymond W. Brock Commission</a> given by the American Choral Directors Association.<sup id="cite_ref-Brock_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brock-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His work of music theater <i>Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings</i> earned him a <a href="/wiki/ASCAP_Richard_Rodgers_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="ASCAP Richard Rodgers Award">Richard Rodgers Award</a> and received 10 nominations at the 2007 Los Angeles Stage Alliance <a href="/wiki/Ovation_Awards" title="Ovation Awards">Ovation Awards</a>. The album <i><a href="/wiki/Cloudburst_(Whitacre)" title="Cloudburst (Whitacre)">Cloudburst and Other Choral Works</a></i> received a <a href="/wiki/Grammy" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy">Grammy</a> nomination in 2007 for Best Choral Performance. Later, his album "Light<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>&amp; Gold" won a Grammy for Best Choral Performance in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-grammy.com_2011_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grammy.com_2011-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wind_ensemble">Wind ensemble</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Wind ensemble"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_(Whitacre)" title="October (Whitacre)">October</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleep_(choral_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleep (choral song)">Sleep</a> (choral transcription)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lux_Aurumque" title="Lux Aurumque">Lux Aurumque</a> (transcription of the choral work, transposed a semitone lower from C-sharp minor to C minor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloudburst_(Whitacre)" title="Cloudburst (Whitacre)">Cloudburst</a> (choral transcription)</li> <li>Libertas Imperio (From <i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Lost:_Shadows_and_Wings" title="Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings">Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings</a></i>)</li> <li>Ghost Train</li> <li>Equus</li> <li>Noisy Wheels of Joy</li> <li>The Seal Lullaby (choral transcription)</li> <li>Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Choral">Choral</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Choral"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A Boy and a Girl (poem by <a href="/wiki/Octavio_Paz" title="Octavio Paz">Octavio Paz</a>)</li> <li>Alleluia (adapted from his <i><a href="/wiki/October_(Whitacre)" title="October (Whitacre)">October</a></i>)</li> <li>Animal Crackers Volume 1</li> <li>Animal Crackers Volume 2</li> <li>Child of Wonder</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloudburst_(Whitacre)" title="Cloudburst (Whitacre)">Cloudburst</a> (poem by Octavio Paz)</li> <li>Deep Field</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enjoy_the_Silence" title="Enjoy the Silence">Enjoy the Silence</a> (arrangement of <a href="/wiki/Martin_Gore" title="Martin Gore">Martin Gore</a> / <a href="/wiki/Depeche_Mode" title="Depeche Mode">Depeche Mode</a> song of the same name)</li> <li>Five Hebrew Love Songs</li> <li>Fly to Paradise (Virtual Choir 4)</li> <li>Glow (Commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Disneyland" title="Disneyland">Disneyland</a> for <a href="/wiki/World_of_Color" title="World of Color">World of Color</a> Winter Dreams; lyrics by Edward Esch)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodnight_Moon#Musical_adaptation" title="Goodnight Moon">Goodnight Moon</a> (arrangement of the children's book, initially for soprano, subsequently SSA and SATB)</li> <li>Her Sacred Spirit Soars (poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri)</li> <li>Higher, Faster, Stronger (written for the BBC Proms in 2012)<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Home_(Voces8_and_Eric_Whitacre_album)" title="Home (Voces8 and Eric Whitacre album)">Home</a></i>, 2023 (with <a href="/wiki/Voces8" title="Voces8">Voces8</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)" title="Hurt (Nine Inch Nails song)">Hurt</a> (arrangement of <a href="/wiki/Trent_Reznor" title="Trent Reznor">Trent Reznor</a> / <a href="/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails" title="Nine Inch Nails">Nine Inch Nails</a> song of the same name)</li> <li>i carry your heart (poem by <a href="/wiki/E._E._Cummings" title="E. E. Cummings">E. E. Cummings</a>)</li> <li>Little Birds</li> <li>Little Tree</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lux_Aurumque" title="Lux Aurumque">Lux Aurumque</a> (poem by Edward Esch; translated into Latin by Charles Anthony Silvestri) (also set for male chorus)</li> <li>Lux Nova (text by Edward Esch; translated into Latin by Charles Anthony Silvestri)</li> <li>Nox Aurumque (poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri)</li> <li>Oculi Omnium</li> <li>Psalm 137: By the Waters of Babylon (written originally for The Choir of Sidney Sussex, Cambridge and Dr. David Skinner, not yet published)<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sainte-Chapelle (commissioned by the Tallis Scholars to commemorate their 40th anniversary)<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Seal Lullaby (poem by <a href="/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" title="Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a>)</li> <li>She Weeps Over Rahoon (poem by <a href="/wiki/James_Joyce" title="James Joyce">James Joyce</a>)</li> <li>Sing Gently (Virtual Choir 6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleep_(choral_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleep (choral song)">Sleep</a> (originally a setting of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Frost" title="Robert Frost">Robert Frost</a>'s poem, "<a href="/wiki/Stopping_by_Woods_on_a_Snowy_Evening" title="Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening">Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening</a>"; for copyright reasons<sup id="cite_ref-Sleep_2002_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sleep_2002-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the published version uses a specially-written text by Charles Anthony Silvestri)</li> <li>Sleep, My Child (Choral transcription from <i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Lost:_Shadows_and_Wings" title="Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings">Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings</a>,</i> also written for Concert Band)</li> <li>Songs of Immortality <ol><li>Lie still, sleep becalmed (text from <a href="/wiki/Dylan_Thomas" title="Dylan Thomas">Dylan Thomas</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Deaths_and_Entrances" title="Deaths and Entrances">Deaths and Entrances</a></i>)</li> <li>Do not go gentle into that good night (text from Dylan Thomas's <a href="/wiki/Do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night" title="Do not go gentle into that good night">poem of that name</a>)</li> <li>After great pain (text by <a href="/wiki/Emily_Dickinson" title="Emily Dickinson">Emily Dickinson</a>)</li></ol></li> <li>The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus (for SATB chorus, Children's chorus and piano, text by Ogden Nash)</li> <li>The Chelsea Carol (commissioned by the Choirs of Birmingham-Southern College and Lester Seigel, text by Charles Anthony Silvestri)</li> <li>The City and the Sea (setting of five poems by E. E. Cummings) <ol><li>i walked the boulevard</li> <li>the moon is hiding in her hair</li> <li>maggie and milly and molly and may</li> <li>as is the sea marvelous</li> <li>little man in a hurry</li></ol></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sacred_Veil" title="The Sacred Veil">The Sacred Veil</a> (lyrics by Charles Anthony Silvestri)</li> <li>The Star-Spangled Banner (text by Francis Scott Key)</li> <li>The Stolen Child (for SATB choir &amp; six solo voices or chamber choir, joint commission by the <a href="/wiki/National_Youth_Choirs_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="National Youth Choirs of Great Britain">National Youth Choir of Great Britain</a> and the <a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Singers" title="The King&#39;s Singers">King's Singers</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>This Marriage</li> <li>Three Flower Songs <ol><li>I Hide Myself (poem by Emily Dickinson)</li> <li>With a Lily in Your Hand (poem by <a href="/wiki/Federico_Garc%C3%ADa_Lorca" title="Federico García Lorca">Federico García Lorca</a>)</li> <li>Go, Lovely Rose (poem by <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Waller" title="Edmund Waller">Edmund Waller</a>)</li></ol></li> <li>Three Songs of Faith (poems by E. E. Cummings) <ol><li>i will wade out</li> <li>hope faith life love</li> <li>i thank You God for most this amazing day<sup id="cite_ref-amazing_day_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amazing_day-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ol></li> <li>Very Soon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_Night" title="Water Night">Water Night</a> (poem by Octavio Paz; translated by <a href="/wiki/Muriel_Rukeyser" title="Muriel Rukeyser">Muriel Rukeyser</a>)</li> <li>When David Heard</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_choral_works">Other choral works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Other choral works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Alone (poem by Edgar Allan Poe, for male voice sextet)</li> <li>Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri, for SSATB &amp; percussion)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orchestra">Orchestra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Orchestra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Deep Field</li> <li>Godzilla Eats Las Vegas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_(Whitacre)" title="October (Whitacre)">October</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_River_Cam" class="mw-redirect" title="The River Cam">The River Cam</a></li> <li>Water Night</li> <li>Winter</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_theatre">Music theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Music theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Lost:_Shadows_and_Wings" title="Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings">Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings</a></i>, music theater<sup id="cite_ref-Paradise_Lost_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paradise_Lost-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_arrangements">Other arrangements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Other arrangements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Five Hebrew Love Songs; for soprano voice, solo violin, piano</li> <li>Goodnight Moon; for soprano voice and string orchestra</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_and_television">Film and television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Film and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_On_Stranger_Tides" title="Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides">Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides</a></i>, co-composer (with <a href="/wiki/Hans_Zimmer" title="Hans Zimmer">Hans Zimmer</a>) of the Mermaid Theme and choral segments</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_v_Superman:_Dawn_of_Justice" title="Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice">Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice</a></i>, Choirmaster. Vocalists: <a href="/wiki/Hila_Plitmann" title="Hila Plitmann">Hila Plitmann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Lewis" title="Dominic Lewis">Dominic Lewis</a>, Tory Letzler. Eric Whitacre Singers used in choral segments</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/How_to_Train_Your_Dragon:_The_Hidden_World" title="How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World">How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World</a></i>, with composer <a href="/wiki/John_Powell_(film_composer)" title="John Powell (film composer)">John Powell</a>. Eric Whitacre Singers used in choral segments<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Trigger,</i> stock music<sup id="cite_ref-Eric_Whitacre_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eric_Whitacre-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kung_Fu_Panda_3" title="Kung Fu Panda 3">Kung Fu Panda 3</a></i>, Conductor and vocal arrangements<sup id="cite_ref-Eric_Whitacre_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eric_Whitacre-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Alligator Alley</i>, stock music<sup id="cite_ref-Eric_Whitacre_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eric_Whitacre-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Great American Songs</i>, composer<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Enjoy the Silence</i>, composer<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Whitacre&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="#cite_ref-Hyperion_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hyperion_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 15,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Eric+Whitacre&amp;rft.atitle=Psalm+137%3A+By+the+Waters+of+Babylon&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fericwhitacre.com%2Fmusic-catalog%2Fpsalm-137&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Whitacre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ericwhitacre.com/music-catalog/sainte-chapelle">"Sainte-Chapelle"</a>. <i>Eric Whitacre</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 15,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Eric+Whitacre&amp;rft.atitle=Eric+%26+Eric+Whitacre+Singers+perform+on+How+To+Train+Your+Dragon+3+Soundtrack&amp;rft.date=2018-11-01&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fericwhitacre.com%2Fnews%2Feric-eric-whitacre-singers-perform-on-how-to-train-your-dragon-3-soundtrack&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Whitacre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eric_Whitacre-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Eric_Whitacre_69-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eric_Whitacre_69-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eric_Whitacre_69-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1534575/">"Eric Whitacre"</a>. <i>IMDb</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"Textural Density in the Choral Music of Eric Whitacre". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Choral_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="The Choral Journal">The Choral Journal</a></i>. <b>47</b> (6): 22–33. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/23557137">23557137</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Choral+Journal&amp;rft.atitle=Textural+Density+in+the+Choral+Music+of+Eric+Whitacre&amp;rft.volume=47&amp;rft.issue=6&amp;rft.pages=22-33&amp;rft.date=2006-12&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F23557137%23id-name%3DJSTOR&amp;rft.aulast=Larson&amp;rft.aufirst=Andrew&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Whitacre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHall2012" class="citation thesis cs1">Hall, Angela (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1736&amp;context=etd#:~:text=Whitacre&#39;s%20added%20tones%20create%20movement,to%20the%20B%20major%20triad."><i>Added-Tone Sonorities in the Choral Music of Eric Whitacre</i></a> (M.A. Thesis). <a href="/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis">Washington University in St. Louis</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/806317560">806317560</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&amp;rft.title=Added-Tone+Sonorities+in+the+Choral+Music+of+Eric+Whitacre&amp;rft.inst=Washington+University+in+St.+Louis&amp;rft.date=2012&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F806317560&amp;rft.aulast=Hall&amp;rft.aufirst=Angela&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenscholarship.wustl.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1736%26context%3Detd%23%3A~%3Atext%3DWhitacre%27s%2520added%2520tones%2520create%2520movement%2Cto%2520the%2520B%2520major%2520triad.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Whitacre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHicks2019" class="citation thesis cs1">Hicks, Theodore Robert (2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/items/2ef11798-b500-4f41-b117-635a0d605b79"><i>The Influence of Eric Whitacre's Compositional Technique in the Music of Emerging Choral Composers</i></a> (M.M. Thesis). <a href="/wiki/Ball_State_University" title="Ball State University">Ball State University</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1204301762">1204301762</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&amp;rft.title=The+Influence+of+Eric+Whitacre%27s+Compositional+Technique+in+the+Music+of+Emerging+Choral+Composers&amp;rft.inst=Ball+State+University&amp;rft.date=2019&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1204301762&amp;rft.aulast=Hicks&amp;rft.aufirst=Theodore+Robert&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcardinalscholar.bsu.edu%2Fitems%2F2ef11798-b500-4f41-b117-635a0d605b79&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Whitacre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOwen2008" class="citation thesis cs1">Owen, Kenneth Lee (2008). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/openview/8e2c9ffd096f491f28ef5c96f1a25494/1?cbl=18750&amp;pq-origsite=gscholar"><i>Stylistic traits in the choral works of Lauridsen, Whitacre, and Clausen (1995–2005)</i></a></span> (DMA Thesis). <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State University</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/317068561">317068561</a> &#8211; via <a href="/wiki/ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&amp;rft.title=Stylistic+traits+in+the+choral+works+of+Lauridsen%2C+Whitacre%2C+and+Clausen+%281995%E2%80%932005%29&amp;rft.inst=Arizona+State+University&amp;rft.date=2008&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F317068561&amp;rft.aulast=Owen&amp;rft.aufirst=Kenneth+Lee&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fopenview%2F8e2c9ffd096f491f28ef5c96f1a25494%2F1%3Fcbl%3D18750%26pq-origsite%3Dgscholar&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Whitacre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchneidereit2017" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Schneidereit, Nico (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.52412%2Fmf.2017.H4.335">"Eric Whitacres "Virtual Choir" als Chormusik 2.0 – Gemeinschaftliches Musizieren ohne Gemeinschaft?"</a> &#91;Eric Whitacre's “Virtual Choir” as Choral Music 2.0 – Making Music Together Without a Community?&#93;. <i><a href="/wiki/Die_Musikforschung" title="Die Musikforschung">Die Musikforschung</a></i> (in German). <b>70</b> (H. 4): 370–386. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.52412%2Fmf.2017.H4.335">10.52412/mf.2017.H4.335</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/45151728">45151728</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:244247523">244247523</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Die+Musikforschung&amp;rft.atitle=Eric+Whitacres+%22Virtual+Choir%22+als+Chormusik+2.0+%E2%80%93+Gemeinschaftliches+Musizieren+ohne+Gemeinschaft%3F&amp;rft.volume=70&amp;rft.issue=H.+4&amp;rft.pages=370-386&amp;rft.date=2017&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A244247523%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F45151728%23id-name%3DJSTOR&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.52412%2Fmf.2017.H4.335&amp;rft.aulast=Schneidereit&amp;rft.aufirst=Nico&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.52412%252Fmf.2017.H4.335&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Whitacre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSwan2016" class="citation thesis cs1">Swan, Phillip A. (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholarship.miami.edu/esploro/outputs/doctoral/In-His-Own-Words-The-Choral-Music-of-Eric-Whitacre-from-1991-2004/991031447164602976"><i>In his own words: The choral music of Eric Whitacre from 1991-2004</i></a> (DMA Thesis). <a href="/wiki/University_of_Miami" title="University of Miami">University of Miami</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1257957938">1257957938</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&amp;rft.title=In+his+own+words%3A+The+choral+music+of+Eric+Whitacre+from+1991-2004&amp;rft.inst=University+of+Miami&amp;rft.date=2016&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1257957938&amp;rft.aulast=Swan&amp;rft.aufirst=Phillip+A.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fscholarship.miami.edu%2Fesploro%2Foutputs%2Fdoctoral%2FIn-His-Own-Words-The-Choral-Music-of-Eric-Whitacre-from-1991-2004%2F991031447164602976&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Whitacre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVeltman2011" class="citation news cs1">Veltman, Chloe (June 19, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-jun-19-la-ca-eric-whitacre-20110619-story.html">"Eric Whitacre soars beyond world of choral music"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 4,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&amp;rft.atitle=Eric+Whitacre+soars+beyond+world+of+choral+music&amp;rft.date=2011-06-19&amp;rft.aulast=Veltman&amp;rft.aufirst=Chloe&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fla-xpm-2011-jun-19-la-ca-eric-whitacre-20110619-story.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Whitacre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWine2017" class="citation journal cs1">Wine, Tom (September 2017). 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